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Rip Current Statement 2, NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

January 24, 2024Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas

NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued this rip current statement at Jan 24, 2024, 10:42 AM CST for Brazoria County, Galveston County, Matagorda County, Texas. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 24, 2024, 10:42 AM CST (16:42 UTC)
Expired: Jan 24, 2024, 7:00 PM CST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Houston/Galveston, TX

Counties Brazoria County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Matagorda County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 241 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 14.7

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The text

As transmitted.

120 
WHUS44 KHGX 241642
CFWHGX

Coastal Hazard Message
National Weather Service Houston/Galveston TX
1042 AM CST Wed Jan 24 2024

TXZ436>439-250100-
/O.NEW.KHGX.RP.S.0002.240124T1642Z-240125T0100Z/
Matagorda Islands-Brazoria Islands-Galveston Island-
Bolivar Peninsula-
1042 AM CST Wed Jan 24 2024

...HIGH RIP CURRENT RISK IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CST THIS EVENING...

* WHAT...Dangerous rip currents.

* WHERE...Gulf-facing beaches, including the Matagorda 
  Peninsula, Brazoria County beaches, Galveston Island and the 
  Bolivar Peninsula.

* WHEN...Until 7 PM CST this evening.

* IMPACTS...Rip currents can sweep even the best swimmers away 
  from shore into deeper water.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Swim near a lifeguard and away from rocks, jetties, and piers. If
caught in a rip current, relax and float. Don't swim against the
current. If able, swim in a direction following the shoreline. If
unable to escape, face the shore and call or wave for help.

&&

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Houston/Galveston, TX issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 23, 6:07 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazos, Grimes, Montgomery, Walker, Waller, Washington	3 hr
Jan 23, 6:17 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	San Jacinto	100 min
Jan 23, 6:42 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Montgomery, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker	2 hr
Jan 23, 6:47 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Trinity, Walker	43 min
Jan 23, 7:19 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazos, Grimes, Waller, Washington	12 hr
Jan 23, 7:23 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker	6 days
Jan 23, 7:49 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	San Jacinto	6 hr
Jan 23, 8:00 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity	3 hr
Jan 23, 8:13 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Washington	12 hr
Jan 23, 8:51 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Montgomery, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker	5 hr
Jan 23, 9:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Polk, Trinity	3 hr
Jan 24, 1:16 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Polk, San Jacinto	26 hr
Jan 24, 1:46 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker	6 hr
Jan 24, 2:20 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Colorado	4 hr
Jan 24, 3:10 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	HGX	Colorado	35 min
Jan 24, 4:02 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Fort Bend, Matagorda	3 hr
Jan 24, 4:51 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Chambers, Galveston	3 hr
Jan 24, 5:01 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria, Matagorda	3 hr
Jan 24, 5:09 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Waller	8 hr
Jan 24, 5:28 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Galveston	3 hr
Jan 24, 5:34 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	HGX	Brazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Harris	3 hr
Jan 24, 6:04 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Colorado	24 hr
Jan 24, 7:01 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Brazoria	7 days
Jan 24, 7:42 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Grimes, Montgomery, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, Walker	5 hr
Jan 24, 7:45 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Washington	5 hr
Jan 24, 7:48 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Brazos, Grimes, Waller, Washington	5 hr
Jan 24, 9:51 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Lavaca	48 hr
Jan 24, 9:55 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Colorado, Wharton	48 hr
Jan 24, 9:59 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Liberty, Polk, San Jacinto	3 days
Jan 24, 10:06 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	5 days
Jan 24, 10:08 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	47 hr
Jan 24, 10:13 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Montgomery	3 days
Jan 24, 10:15 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Hardin, Liberty, Polk	28 hr
Jan 24, 10:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris, Montgomery	43 hr
Jan 24, 12:22 PM CST	Small Craft Advisory	HGX		18 hr
Jan 24, 12:47 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	HGX	Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, Grimes, Harris and 10 more	23 hr
Jan 24, 1:04 PM CST	Special Marine Warning	HGX		26 min
Jan 24, 2:48 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Montgomery	71 hr
Jan 24, 4:10 PM CST	River Flood Warning	HGX	Harris	21 days

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.